Neutron diffraction probes forms of carbon dioxide in extreme environments
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 - 15:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Carbon dioxide is a key component in the carbon cycle of Earth, both in the atmosphere and in the mantle, or hot layer under Earth's crust. Studies of high pressure, high temperature phases of solid carbon dioxide are important to understand the forms that carbon may adopt at the extreme pressures and temperatures of Earth's interior.